Michigan State at Notre Dame

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1956, page 1

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  Michigan State Routs Notre Dame in Last Half Louisville, KY. completing two passes to him. Sipes plunged over for the score from 2 yards out, and then the Spartans roared back to exceed their old record of SO points in one game against the Irish. Ninowski ran the next kick of back to his 80, where the ambitious Nagurski stopped him with a Earring tackle. But on the next play, Mendyk got busy again, contributing his second long touchdown run, a dash OF So yards. in which the Irish hardly had time to see which way he went. On their way to a 26-point last quarter, the Spartans scored twice more in easy fashion. Harding intercepted a screen pass intended for Bob Ward and had three blockers with him on a 35-yard jaunt. The final score was the contribution of Arend, thesophomore fullback, who dashed IS yards around his own left end. The Irish had a scoring chance just before Arend’s scoring run when they recovered a tumble on the Spartans’ % But Hornung, who suffered q dislocated left thumb, was out of the game at this point and Larry Cooke, his substitute, had no luck whatever in moving the team. The Irish lost Is yards in four plays and Arend’S run came on the first play after Michigan State took over on downs. incidentally. that gave him a rushing average of 1913 since he carried the ball only three times for total of 70 yards. Observers who have been following Notre Dame closely said the keyed-up Irish played their best game of the season, so the 47–⁠14 score simply shows what a powerhouse Michigan State has going for it. lNotre Dame q 0 TIA Michigan State scoring-Touchdown Wilson IL, plunRe) Mendyk . 49,, run I6S. rum Gilbert (2, plungeJ; Peaks e., plunge1: Harding (3S. interception) Arend t65 rum. Conversions Matsko 3, Panitch 2 Notre Dame scoring--Touchdown REYNOLDS t5, rum: Slpes q, plungel Conversions: Hornung 2,

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Officially, Notre Dame leads 43–⁠28–⁠1; as played, 45–⁠28–⁠1 in 74 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.